2020 No. 167 (C. 16)
Court Of Session
Scottish Courts And Tribunals Service

The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(3) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 20181.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 31 July 2020.

Appointed day2.

31 July 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) (group proceedings) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018.

ASH DENHAM
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 2 of these Regulations brings into force certain provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”).

Section 20(1) to (6), (9) and (10) relates to group proceedings and comes into force on 31 July 2020.

The Bill for the 2018 Act received Royal Assent on 5 June 2018. Sections 24 to 28 came into force on the following day and section 23 came into force on 5 August 2018.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision

Date of Commencement

Instrument No.

Section 4(1) and (2)

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 5

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 6(8)

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 7(3) and (4)

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 12(1), (3) and (4)

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 14

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 15

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 16

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 17

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 18

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 19

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 20(7) and (8)

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 21

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 22

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

The schedule

30 January 2019

S.S.I. 2018/368

Section 1

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23

Section 2

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23

Section 3

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23

Section 4(3) to (5)

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23

Section 6(1) to (7), (9) and (10)

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23

Section 7(1) and (2)

27 April 2020

S.S.I. 2020/23